You can"t always determine emotion from someone"s facial movements, neither can AI
If you saw a person with their brow furrowed, mouth turned down, and eyes squinted, would you guess they're angry? What if you found out they'd forgotten their reading glasses and were deciphering a restaurant menu?.....»»
A Brain Chemical Helps Neurons Know When to Start a Movement
Dopamine, a neurochemical often associated with reward behavior, seems to help organize precisely when the brain initiates movements......»»
The Sandman wars, or how accurate are sleep trackers?
I compared the results of three different sleep trackers to determine which one is the most accurate......»»
Very good robot sidekick helped assemble a remote-controlled plane
At the University of South Carolina, a robot helped a human build a remote-controlled airplane. The upcoming study seeks to determine whether human preferences can be effectively transferred to robots in order to complete an assembly task. Using a sm.....»»
Cell division in moss and animals more similar than previously thought
For a new plant to grow from a seed, cells need to divide numerous times. Daughter cells can each take on different tasks and sometimes vary in size. How plants determine the plane of cell division in this process, known as mitosis, is being research.....»»
Gear from Netgear, Linksys, and 200 others has unpatched DNS poisoning flaw
Vulnerability in 3rd-party libraries can send devices users to malicious sites. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hardware and software makers are scrambling to determine if their wares suffer from a critical vulnerability recent.....»»
Grindr User Data Was Sold Through Ad Networks
According to The Wall Street Journal, a digital advertising network was selling precise movements of millions of users of the gay-dating app Grindr. The locations were available for purchase since "at least 2017," according to the report. Gizmodo rep.....»»
Twitter Has Helped Build Social Movements Across the World. Now Organizers Fear For Its Future
Pro-Palestine activists have a long history of experiencing smear attacks targeting their places of employment or study. When Hadi Nasrallah tweeted a video of protestors confronting Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely after a late 2021 speaking engage.....»»
Darwin Was Wrong: Your Facial Expressions Do Not Reveal Your Emotions
The emotion AI industry, courts and child educators are unknowingly relying on a misunderstanding of Darwin’s ideas -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Analyzing bird population declines due to renewable power sources in California
A team of researchers affiliated with a large number of institutions in the U.S. has attempted to determine the vulnerability of bird populations to alternative energy production. In their paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, th.....»»
American Phone-Tracking Firm Demo"d Surveillance Powers By Spying On CIA and NSA
Anomaly Six, a secretive government contractor, claims to monitor the movements of billions of phones around the world and unmask spies with the press of a button. Reader BeerFartMoron shares a report: In the months leading up to Russia's invasion of.....»»
It"s the pore that counts: Spatial distribution of pores helps determine where carbon is stored in the soil
Soils store more carbon than all the vegetation on the Earth's surface. However, there are still many unanswered questions about precisely which processes favor accumulation in the soil. Under the leadership of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental.....»»
Women are "running with leaded shoes" when promoted at work, says study
Promotion at work has greater emotional benefit for men than women, says a new study on gender and workplace emotion......»»
AirPods looted by Russians giving away their location via Find My
A Ukrainian man has been tracking the movements of retreating Russian forces using a pair of AirPods stolen from his home near Kyiv.Apple AirPods ProVitaliy Semenets told The Times of London that his Apple Bluetooth headphones were swiped by Russian.....»»
Intel Calls Its AI That Detects Student Emotions a Teaching Tool. Others Call It "Morally Reprehensible"
An anonymous reader shares a report: When college instructor Angela Dancey wants to decipher whether her first-year English students comprehend what she's trying to get across in class, their facial expressions and body language don't reveal much. "E.....»»
How Ukraine"s IT Army is Using Clearview AI"s Face-Scanning Software
Ukrainian officials "have run more than 8,600 facial recognition searches on dead or captured Russian soldiers in the 50 days since Moscow's invasion began, using the scans to identify bodies and contact hundreds of their families," reports the Washi.....»»
House lawmakers voice "serious concerns" about facial recognition used by contractor ID.me
Two top House lawmakers on Thursday began probing ID.me, a company that uses facial recognition technology to verify identities for many state and federal agencies, into the "efficacy, privacy and security" of its services and products. The move, whi.....»»
Behavioral treatment for deficits of facial affect recognition in multiple sclerosis
A recent study has demonstrated efficacy for the behavioral intervention, EMOPRINT, for treating deficits of facial recognition in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The study provides Class I evidence supporting the efficacy of an interventio.....»»
Innovative technology will use smart sensors to ensure vaccine safety
A new study enables developers to determine vaccine safety via smart sensors that measure objective physiological parameters......»»
Herbivore identity and density interact to determine plant-mediated interactions between herbivores
Plants are often exposed to multiple herbivores, and densities of these attackers often fluctuate greatly in the field. Herbivore identity and density are known to be two major drivers of plant-mediated interactions among herbivores, but their combin.....»»
Study reveals the science behind those irresistible puppy-dog eyes
Can't resist your pup's adoring expression when he begs for a treat? A new study reveals key anatomical features that could explain what makes dogs' faces so appealing. The findings also suggest that humans contributed to dogs' ability to form facial.....»»